General practitioners and referral for palliative radiotherapy: A population-based survey

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 267-270

  Vulto, Ans ^a   van Bommel, Marjo ^a   Poortmans, Philip ^b   Lybeert, Marnix ^c   Louwman, Marieke ^a   Baart, Rob ^a   Coebergh, Jan Willem ^a,d  

^a The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^b DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

General practitioners; Neoplasm; Palliative care; Questionnaires; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT REFERRAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 65149090935     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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